Of course, Gao Pragmatic could see Cao Gan's joy at a glance, but he always insisted that his subordinates should be kind and powerful at the same time, so he decided to reveal a piece of information to Cao Gan, and then said calmly: "Over the Malan River in Xuanfu, wait for a while
When I return to Beijing, I will also inform him that Baili Gorge is my property, and he will take more care of you."
Cao Gan was really surprised: "Young Master and Ma Zongrong also have a relationship?"
"I don't have any friendship with Mr. Ma, but..." Gao Pingshi chuckled and said: "On the front line of Xuanda University, no matter whether it is governor, governor, town or guard, my third uncle, Duke Xuan, is the leader.
Follow the horse's lead."
Cao Gan was happy in his heart, but also a little scared. What he was happy about was that he had always taken the path of Xuanfu. It would be more stable in the future, and his business would probably continue to grow stronger. And since Datong was also a pawn of Mr. Gao Ge like Xuanfu,
Taking advantage of Mr. Gao's success, wouldn't he have the opportunity to do it?
But the fear may be more than the joy: I was almost too old to cause trouble a few days ago. If I really bring out Mr. Gao, I'm afraid that even if Mr. Gao didn't say anything, Ma Zongrong would have to do it himself in order to clear himself up or make up for his mistakes.
You can't go out and conquer the Baili Gorge. What a situation...
Cao Gan shivered and said to himself: Bodhisattva bless you. Fortunately, Mr. Gao has his own destiny, so he did not make a big mistake, Amitabha.
Cao Gan no longer had any doubts about Gao Pragmatic's strength, and quickly expressed his loyalty with practical actions: "Master, after the inventory of Bailixia's properties, I first sent 30,000 taels of silver to Sanshenyuan, plus war horses.
One hundred horses, fifty draft horses, fifty donkeys, one hundred fat pigs, one hundred sheep, and twenty carts of silk, satin and cloth. What do you think of the rest?"
"I didn't plan to ask you to send these right now." Gao Pingg said sincerely that you had sent them all, so I was happy to say something nice, but pretended to be indifferent and waved my hands, saying: "That's fine.
, since it has been delivered, let’s put it in Sanshenyuan first. As for the remaining part, you can just make another copy of the account book for me, and the things will continue to be placed in Bailixia, otherwise your subsequent transactions will still be done.
How to do it?"
Cao Gan was secretly happy and quickly agreed.
Gao pragmatic thought for a moment and said in deep thought: "The war horse you sent this time was quite timely..."
Cao Gan's heart moved and he asked subconsciously: "What do you mean, Master?"
"Let me ask you, can Bailixia pick one or two people who are loyal and honest, but also have superb riding skills and solid horseback riding skills to come to my place?" Gao pragmatically said, and explained: "You know what I have just done here
A servant escort team was organized and trained, but the time was too short, and all the trainings were not on track yet, and the equipment was still blank, let alone the training for mounted combat."
Cao Gan knew about this matter, but his thinking seemed to be different from Gao Pragmatic: "Master, this cavalry battle is not as good as the infantry battle. In our north, we can handle the battle on foot in three to five months of training."
The person who has practiced the longest in the world is Qi Yuanjing of the Southern Army. It is said that he is ready to fight after two years of training. But this cavalry battle is different. In three years... he can control a horse and wield a sword on the battlefield.
It’s not bad. If you want to be truly elite, you don’t have to work for more than five years, so don’t even think about it. Otherwise, why are most of Ma Zongrong’s elite servants Mongolian? Isn’t it because Mongolians use horses to travel all year round, and their riding skills are far better than those of Mongolians.
Am I a Han Chinese?"
He said this and concluded: "So according to the villain's wishes, if the young master wants a bodyguard capable of riding and fighting, it is better to select them directly from Bailixia, otherwise it will not be effective at all for a while."
It's not that Gao Pragmatic didn't know that cavalry combat is difficult to practice, but the degree of difficulty was somewhat beyond his expectation. After all, he was a politician back then and had never carefully studied ancient cavalry tactics.
A little bit of ancient cavalry knowledge was pieced together from here and there from nowhere. It would definitely not be enough for Cao Gan - unless he wanted to engage in French wall-style heavy cavalry tactics. But of course that was impossible.
If you try this with a short Mongolian horse that is known for its endurance and ease of maintenance, I'm afraid your brain will be burned out.
But to choose directly from Bailixia thieves, Gao was pragmatic and a little unwilling. Although Bailixia had surrendered to them now, he was still a stranger to them after all. They were willing to listen to Cao Gan's persuasion to surrender to them.
, I'm afraid it's mostly out of unwillingness to give up the existing "good life". It's a bit unsafe to use such a group of people as one's own close guard.
He pondered for a moment before asking aloud: "I remember you just said that there are more than a hundred young riders in Bailixia who have been trained in riding combat?"
Cao Gan quickly said: "Young master has a good memory, there are one hundred and sixteen people in total."
Gao pragmatically asked thoughtfully: "If you were asked to select the sixteen young riders with the best riding skills... how much worse would their riding skills be compared to those of your men who have been thieves for many years?"
Cao Gan thought about this question for a moment before answering: "If it comes to the riding skills themselves, they are almost the same, but just the experience of facing the enemy in battle, I am afraid they are still far from enough."
Gao pragmatic waved his hand and made a decision directly, saying: "Let's do this, you choose sixteen young riders with the best riding skills to be my direct cavalry guards, and also choose two experienced subordinates, one
I am here to teach these young riders the experience of riding on the battlefield, and secondly, I am also here to teach the servants under my guard - I do not expect them to master the skills of riding on horseback quickly, but at least they must be able to attack on horseback and abandon the enemy.
Horses fight."
Cao Gan felt a little regretful, but after thinking about it, it was a good start, so he immediately agreed.
The momentary disappointment in his eyes was clearly captured by Gao Pragmatic, who was best at observing words and emotions, but Gao Pragmatic didn't say much, let alone regret.
This is not because he is pragmatic and cowardly, but because he knows that Cao Gan wants to use Bailixia people as his bodyguards not because he wants to harm himself or to hold him hostage. He probably wants to be surrounded by his Bailixia people.
The people and horses in Lixia, because only in this way will I pay more and more attention to Bailixia.
You must know that now in Sanshenyuan alone, the forces under his command are divided into three parts: the Xinzheng hometown faction represented by Gao Mo and Gao Xiaozhuang, the Sanshenyuan faction represented by the third steward of Sanshenyuan, and the Sanshenyuan faction represented by Cao Gan
Bailixia School.
Since there are factions among your subordinates, don't think that they won't "compete for favor". After all, as the old saying goes: "Children who cry are fed by milk." The so-called crying child actually means that it will attract attention. Children are
The same is true for subordinates.
Gao Gongshi is experienced at this point, so although he won't know how to do it, he will never let Cao Gan really get what he wants - you have factions, and I, the young master, can only control them! Otherwise, you will never let Cao Gan really get what he wants.
Lixia is so strong now, and I asked your people to surround me. Even if it's because of my identity, you don't dare to have any bad intentions, but for the benefit of Bailixia and the others, you can hide it.
You, Cao, really can't do some of my things?
Even if it's true, I can't believe it. This bad habit of sitting back and letting one faction become dominant must be eradicated!